Florida State postpones national championship celebration

Florida State’s celebration of the football team’s national championship planned for Saturday has been postponed to an undetermined date because the university said seniors and juniors who have turned professional have scheduled activities that prevented them from being in Tallahassee for the event.

“Due to travel conflicts and recent schedule changes for some team members, we did not feel it was fair to the fans or our players to host the celebration this weekend,” Rob Wilson, FSU associate athletic director, said in a statement. “Our draft-eligible players expressed that they very much wanted to be part of the celebration. We felt that our fans, many of whom were traveling some distance, might be disappointed that key contributors to the national championship could not be present.”

Demonte McAllister is playing in the East-West Shrine Game in St. Petersburg on Saturday, and Terrence Brooks, Christian Jones and Telvin Smith are in the Senior Bowl on Jan. 25 in Mobile, Ala. Other players are working out in other areas of the country in preparation for the NFL combine and Florida State’s pro day.

The celebration had been scheduled to be held at Doak Campbell Stadium.